A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
        
        
                
            Directed by:
                        Michael Apted                    
        
                
            Starring:
                        Gene Hackman,                        Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,                        Colin Friels,                        Joanna Merlin,                        Laurence Fishburne,                        Donald Moffat